Lubricator



(No Model.)

L., M. PLEISGHMANN.

' LUBRIGATOR PatentedA 2 wwtoz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAWRENCE lWI. FLEISCHMANN, OF I/VICHITA, KANSAS.

LUBRICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,761, dated April 2,1889.

Application filed May 31, 1888. Serial No. 276,577. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAWRENCE M. FLEIsoH- MANN, acitizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLubricators; an d I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in lubricators or devicesfor-holding and distributing lubricants on pistons and other movableparts of machinery, and it is more particularly adapted for oiling thepistons on locomotives and stationary engines.

The invention will be fully understood from the following descriptionand claims, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lubricant-receptacle,showing the same applied to the gland of a locomotive. Fig. 2 is a frontview of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on thelines :1: 0c of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an inverted View of the device asapplied to the gland.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates what may beproperly termed the bracket, which may be attached to a gland of alocomotive, having its lower end recessed to show a part of the hole forthe piston, as shown at a.

B indicates the oil or lubricant receptacle, which is composed of a boxor cup having a hinged cover, 6, to exclude dust and the like andprevent the lubricant from spilling. This receptacle is provided with adeep depending flange, O, which is slotted vertically for the greaterportion of its length, as shown at d, and which is designed to permit ofvertical adjustment, as will be presently explained.

The lubricant-receptacle is provided at a suitable point above thebottom or floor with two apertures, b.

D indicates a conveying-tube, the opposite ends of which are connected,respectively, with the apertures or ports bot the receptacle B, and thetube is carried in downward-loop form across the lower end of the slot dof the attaching flange 0, thereby serving as a means of preventing thereceptacle from being lifted off of the bracket. This conveyingtube isprovided at its lowest point and in the under side of the curve thereofwith an aperture, f, more fully shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. It willthus be seen that as the oil or other lubricating material used passesfrom the receptacle through the tube D it will be discharged upon thepiston or other device through the aperture f.

In applying this device to an engine or the like a hole is first formedin the bracket, as shown, for the passage of a bolt, E, receiving a nutat. its end. The opposite end of this bolt may be headed to receive awasher, as g, which engages the depending flange of the receptacle, sothat the latter may move vertically and be secured in any desiredposition with respect to the bracket.

I attach importance to the fact that the receptacle is verticallyadjustable, as it may be applied to a bracket, which may be attached toa gland of any size, and the device may be placed in position onmachinery of various kinds and adapted to various positions.

In operation waste cotton or other similar material may be placed in thelubricant-re ceptacle, such as at present employed.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A lubricating devicehaving the depending vertical flange slotted longitudinally, and thetube leading from the lubricant-holder and looped downwardly and acrossa slot of the flange and provided with an aperture at its lowest point,substantially as specified.

2. Alubricating device having the depending vertical flange slottedlongitudinally, and the tube leading from the lubricant-holder andprovided with an aperture at its lowest point, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I aiflx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

L. M. FLEISCHMANN. \Vitnesses:

CHARLES H. KETOHUM, A. J. KEToHUM.

